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Industrial and personnel security in California

Space Jobs for Security Professionals in California

33 open roles for security professionals at 17 space companies name a site in California, most of them in El Segundo and Hawthorne; typical pay runs $69.4k–$198k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring security professionals in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX11$92.5k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation3not stated
Northrop Grumman3$68.5k/yr
K2 Space2too few figures
True Anomaly2too few figures
Impulse Space1too few figures
KBR1not stated
Millennium Space Systems1too few figures
Muon Space1too few figures
Quantum Space1too few figures
Relativity Space1too few figures
Rocket Lab1too few figures
RTX1too few figures
Varda Space Industries1too few figures
Vast1too few figures
Viasat1too few figures
Voyager Technologies1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • El Segundo8
  • Hawthorne5
  • Long Beach5
  • Palo Alto4
  • Redondo Beach4
  • Vandenberg3
  • Los Angeles2
  • Carlsbad1
  • Mojave1
  • San Jose1

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 17:02 UTC

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What people ask about security professionals' work in California

Which space companies hire security professionals in California?

Today, SpaceX (11 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (3 roles), Northrop Grumman (3 roles), K2 Space (2 roles), True Anomaly (2 roles), Impulse Space (1 role), and 11 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for security professionals?

Most are in El Segundo (8), Hawthorne (5), Long Beach (5), Palo Alto (4), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for security professionals in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $110k/yr, with typical pay from $69.4k–$198k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings).

Do roles for security professionals in California require US citizenship?

Of the 4,858 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for security professionals; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.